Mings injury worse than 5-1 Newcastle loss, says Villa’s Emery

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Published 13.08.2023
Mings injury worse than 5-1 Newcastle loss, says Villa’s Emery

Aston Villa supervisor Unai Emery was disillusioned along with his facet’s 5-1 capitulation away to Newcastle United, however even worse was the lack of key defender Tyrone Mings to a first-half damage.

Mings went to floor after a seemingly harmless tussle with Newcastle ahead Alexander Isak, and after a prolonged break for remedy he was faraway from the pitch on a stretcher within the thirty first minute and brought to an area hospital.

The damage to Mings comes days after the Birmingham facet misplaced Emiliano Buendia to a critical knee damage that may reportedly maintain him out for as much as eight months.

“It doesn’t look good. He is injured. This week has been very tough. We lost Emi Buendia and today we lost Tyrone Mings, two important players in the squad,” Emery instructed the BBC.

“Everything this week is not working well but we are going to react. I want to be positive with the players we have, and we can change the situation.”

Villa’s defence fell aside after Mings left the sector and Newcastle rattled in 4 second-half objectives, lifting the house facet to the highest of the desk to the delight of coach Eddie Howe.

“We’re very pleased. It was a tough game, Aston Villa are a very good team. We knew we had to be at our best. We scored five, we could have scored more but they were also in the game,” Howe instructed the BBC.

“It was a tight game decided by our ruthlessness in front of goal. Everything clicked for us today … Now we have to go to Manchester City, which is the hardest place to go. We’ve got to embrace the challenge and then of course, Liverpool, but we will focus on Man City first,” he added.